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Unfortunately there was a less than ideal combination
of active weather and latent base characteristics that
generated predominantly icy conditions without any
practical forward vision.
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The survey consensus amongst the very small attendance
was that Versant Nord/North Side terrain was far more
useable, if you could call it that under the thick, pea-soup
fog that made any speed beyond a walking pace, dangerous.
Speed with vision periodically limited to roughly 20 forward
feet was unsafe and the fog was so thick in places that standing
in the middle of some trails, you could not see the trees on either side.
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In the adjacent Sous Bois, the warm wet atmospheric influence
is definitely reducing the loft in the snowpack. We might say
that the entire snowpack has become far more dense which
we think is the product of a more broadly pervasive saturation
thaw.
What you are looking at below is close to a metre of depth,
but with a rapid decrease that within the past week has been
as much as 1.5 metres in this test zone that we routinely use
for our “Proof Of Snow” series because of its proximity to the
collection point for daily, official, Tremblant snowfall measurements.
What you can also see by the 2 ski boot scuff marks in the surface
is that as the snow melts, the entire accumulation of tree bark and
needle debris that has fallen mostly from an entire winter of wind
force does not melt and remains on top, but in a very shallow layer.
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The fog began to clear from the bottom up mid-afternoon
and by 3:00 P.M. there was enough clear view to let the
speed loose and we had a quad-burning workout right
on up to last run at 4:30 on nicely softened Nord/North
slopes off the Lowell Thomas and Duncan Quads.
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At this stage, the Summit is at -4C, so after a day
where the Summit temp got up to +10C, you can
reasonably expect tomorrow to have a morning
of icy tendencies.
---------------- 7:47 A.M. Orig. Post: ---------------
53(*) Open Trails.
Sorry to say for the last Saturday of the season, but...
Standard Wet Weather Protocols Apply:
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O.K. then... If you consider the above to be a reference specific to
atmospheric conditions, then look at this one below as specific to
surface conditions as separate and distinct from any of the variable
atmospheric’s we may see for today.
Here’s what’s underfoot on roughly 92.463% of all open, groomed terrain.
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The performance capabilities of these spring surfaces are
nothing short of “Thrilling”. Equally as possible are the
capabilities to spend the entire day in a relaxed cruising
mode of dream-like silky smoothness. What we think you’ll
find happening though, is that as soon as you have even a
tiny hint of the fun with a bit of speed, is that you’ll let
gravity dial it up a bit just for the sheer thrills of exhilaration!
The speed literally pumps up your adrenaline.
After many, many laps on P’tit Bonheur trying to get
a pic with people on it to add human scale, this is the
only time for the entire day we actually saw other human
beings on this fabulously high traction trail. Largely without
any human attendance, it was safe to add speed here and
we can tell you for a fact that it was one of the top 10
technical carving days for this trail for the whole season.
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Weather Notes:
Early forecasting indicates significant risk of thunder/lightning
storms that may cause lift and operations stoppage for safety.
Basically, you really don’t want to be sitting on a wet
steel framed chair, attached by a steel clamp, riding
on a steel cable, suspended across steel towers, in a lightning storm.
These forecast conditions could change to either more
or less intensity in any parameters, so from a glass half full
perspective, there are chances it could be only an overcast
damp day.
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Conditions Notes:
Generally:
When safe to be open... from a technical standpoint the skiing
has every potential to be from very fine to excellent very high
traction action spring performance.
Pictured below is a scene from yesterday that we expect to be
a substantial repeat today, at least in surface performance
characteristics. What you see is extremely high levels of lateral
grip that can have very aggressive edge-sets applied with completely
dependable reliability. We spent the entire day yesterday carving
up a storm of turn-ripping, snow-shredding, mega-grip, super-fun
sequential descents that ultimately generated a quad-burning workout
that left the leg muscles crying for joy. Important repeat... we expect
that to be nearly identical today.
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What you don’t see in this pic is how fast it was. Warm spring snow
can have drag in it but this stuff has been really fast and that was
a very pleasantly surprising aspect that we also hope may be there
today as well.
The spring shred is pretty much guaranteed, the speed part may
be a wild card scenario depending on thaw generated saturation(s).
-------- Utility Caveats: -----------
Pea-Soup Foggy Conditions May Generate Safe Vision Challenge.
You don’t need goggles, it’s already “Hot” outside
and goggles can actually fog up inside.
What you need are yellow lens industrial safety glasses
with curved lens in order to prevent eye-blast from
very fine cloud droplet particles or light rainy bits,
while allowing air circulation and perhaps most
importantly, restoring contour and depth perception
in extremely flat, low contrast grey cloud light.
(Yellow Lens industrial safety glasses can be purchased
very inexpensively at almost any Hardware store for
between $5.00 to $15.00 and are frequently discounted
flyer-specials. Put them on your “list” and then toss them
into your Ski Kit bag so you’ll have them for any Spring,
Fall or January-thaw days that can and do have thick foggy.)
Use reduced speeds in fog. Line-of-sight navigation
may be significantly reduced in advance ranges to
less than a few metres.
In Case Of Lightning Strike: Obey All Ski Patrol
And Other Authorized Mountain Op’s Personnel
Instructions For Safe Evacuation.
53/102(*) Open Trails on the Archival Copy of Official Open
Trails, Grooming, Snowmaking, Lift Status and Mountain Conditions
for April 19, 2025, Courtesy of Tremblant.ca
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